Table 1.

Chemical composition of the defatted diatom microalgal biomass¹

Item	Content	Item	Content
ME, Kcal/g	1.32	Met	0.33
Protein	19.1	Cys	0.32
Fat	3.3	Gly	0.96
Fiber	14.7	Ser	0.76
Ash	44.9	His	0.30
Moisture	6.9	Ile	0.78
Ca	2.78	Leu	1.33
P	0.76	Phe	0.86
Na	3.94	Tyr	0.57
K	1.66	Thr	0.88
Cl	6.34	Trp	0.18
Arg	0.93	Val	0.98
Lys	0.83

¹All items except ME are % of biomass (as fed basis).